The Philippines is taking a leaf from China's experience in battling against the highly infectious coronavirus disease, Kenneth Ronquillo, assistant secretary of the Philippine Department of Health, made the remarks when he accompanied Chinese medical experts visiting a converted quarantine facility at t...
Healthcare workers from the Philippine Coast Guard are seen wearing wearing protection equipments inside a newly-converted COVID-19 mass testing center in Manila, the Philippines, on May 5, 2020. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose by 199 on Tuesday to a total of...
To understand newspapers Covid-19 portrayal in the Philippines and contribute to COVID-19 media framing literature, this study identified news frames in 97 banner stories of three Philippine broadsheets and determined how major frames depicted COVID-19 during its initial spread in the country (...
The Philippines has detected 47 Delta variant cases in the country so far. Eight patients linked to the variant are active, while three have died, the DOH said. The Philippines first detected the Delta variant from samples taken from returning overseas Filipinos. But the variant is now detected...
Philippines Tentatively Reopens Schools as COVID-19 Cases Ease More Reuters Students seated on chairs with plastic barriers attend a class as several schools in the Philippines' capital reopen for the first time since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Pasay City, Metro ...
Earlier this week, the Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines launched its new COVID-19 Tracker. The revamped tracker features additional information on the epidemiology of COVID-19 in the country, COVID-19 testing, health facilities, and availabi
Philippines has highest rise in coronavirus cases in Western Pacific 25 Jun 2020 Global coronavirus cases expected to surpass 10 million next week – WHO 24 Jun 2020 UN: COVID-19 pushing millions of South Asia children into poverty 23 Jun 2020 WHO calls for unity as COVID-19 cases ...
On Saturday, the Philippines raised the COVID-19 alert system to code red sub-level 1 after more cases were detected. The DOH reported on Sunday four new confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 10. Contact tracing is ongoing to determine th...
MANILA -- The Philippines reported 218 new infections from COVID-19, bringing the total number to 5,878. A total of 25 more patients have died, bringing the death toll to 387. Motorists line up at a COVID-19 community quarantine checkpoint in Las Pinas City, the Philippines, April 16,...